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Arrests made in homicide investigation

Observer staff

Sunday, March 27, 2016
10:39:42 EDT AM

Police vehicles are shown on a closed section of Tashmoo Avenue, from Christopher Drive to LaSalle Line, on Saturday March 26, 2016 on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation at Sarnia. Sarnia Police said the discovery of the body of Jonathan Patrick Pike, 26, of Sarnia in a wooden area west of Tashmoo Avenue was being treated as a homicide.
(Sarnia Observer file photo)

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Sarnia police said Sunday arrests have been made in connection to the investigation into the death of a 26-year-old man whose body was found early Friday morning near Tashmoo Avenue following reports of someone calling for help.

Jonathan Patrick Pike's body was found by police in a wooden area just west of Tashmoo Avenue.

“Before that, a citizen called police to the area to report that someone was calling for assistance,” Det.-Const. Sam Sulaiman said Saturday.

Police said a vehicle of interest in the investigation was pursued and stopped by OPP officers early Sunday morning in the area of Michigan Line and Highway 21.

A 27-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were arrested and face charges under the Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substance Act.

Sarnia police said Sunday they were conducting a followup investigation on Michigan Line.

An initial police press release issued Friday described the incident as an investigation of a suspicious death. An update released late Saturday morning identified the victim, and said the death was being treated as a homicide.

A section of the road, between Christopher Drive and LaSalle Line, remained closed Saturday for the investigation.

Sulaiman confirmed the body was found within the boundaries of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, but added that, to the best of his knowledge, Pike was not a resident of the First Nation.

Several police vehicles could be seen parked Saturday on Tashmoo Avenue, north of the Aamjiwnaang health centre that sits at the corner of Tashmoo and LaSalle.

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact city police at 519-344-8861, ext. 6086, or Crime Stoppers.